# Apify: what it sells, price and AI features URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/apify/ Covers: Nov. 24, 2023 to Sept. 19, 2026 Updated: 2026-11-11 License: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Cite as: Newsprint, "Apify: what it sells, price and AI features", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/apify/, updated 2026-11-11 > Apify is on the social monitoring map. We record 15 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated Sept. 19, 2026. Marketplace of third-party scrapers ('Actors') billed per result; includes many LinkedIn post/profile actors, plus an official MCP server so an agent can call any Actor. Source: [apify.com](https://apify.com/). ## Facts - Site: [apify.com](https://apify.com/) - Founded: [2015](https://www.apify.com/about) - Category: Social data APIs and scrapers - Status: Active ## On the research maps ### [The social monitoring map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-apify) Marketplace of third-party scrapers ('Actors') billed per result; includes many LinkedIn post/profile actors, plus an official MCP server so an agent can call any Actor. Source: [apify.com](https://apify.com/). - Category: Social data APIs and scrapers - Price: Platform plans: Free $0 ($5 usage); Starter $19; Scale $199; Business $999; actor results billed separately per Actor (see actor rows). - Platforms: LinkedIn - Scale: Funded challenger: institutional funding disclosed (Raised about EUR 2.8M in 2024 from J&T Ventures and Reflex Capital; press reports 200,000+ users.) - Founded: [2015](https://www.apify.com/about) Sources: [apify.com](https://apify.com/), [apify.com](https://apify.com/pricing) and [apify.com](https://www.apify.com/about). ## Launches and dated events, newest first ### Rental price replaced by pay-per-event $0.0005 per result Pricing change, Sept. 19, 2026. Price fell from $30/month rental (since 2024-03) to $0.50 per 1,000 results plus a $0.0005 start fee; still needs LinkedIn cookies. Source: [Apify API](https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/curious_coder~linkedin-post-search-scraper). From [the social monitoring map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-apify). ### Pay for Apify Actors with x402 Launch, June 26, 2026. Agents can run and pay for eligible Actors in USDC on Base without an Apify account; blog dated 2026-06-30 says 20,000+ Actors. Source: [Apify changelog](https://apify.com/change-log). From [the social monitoring map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-apify). ### Announcing MCP connectors Launch, June 9, 2026. Actors can use connected apps (Notion, GitHub, Slack) through an MCP proxy without receiving credentials. Source: [Apify blog](https://blog.apify.com/announcing-mcp-connectors/). From [the social monitoring map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-apify). ### Pay per event: tweet Pricing change, June 9, 2026. $0.0004 per tweet on all Apify tiers including free. Source: [Apify API](https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/apidojo~tweet-scraper). From [the social monitoring map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-apify). ### Fixed monthly rental fees are going away Pricing change, April 14, 2026. Apify said all rental Actors migrate to pay-per-event within six months; 2,000 Actors already moved from pay-per-result to PPE. Source: [Apify blog](https://blog.apify.com/standardizing-actor-pricing). From [the social monitoring map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-apify). ### Migration to pay-per-event pricing with Apify store tier discounts Pricing change, March 9, 2026. Per-post price stays $0.002 (FREE/BRONZE), falls to $0.00175 SILVER and $0.0015 GOLD+; adds $0.00005 start fee and charges for 0-result queries. Source: [Apify API](https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/harvestapi~linkedin-post-search). From [the social monitoring map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-apify). ### Pay per event: tweet Pricing change, Feb. 16, 2026. Moved to pay-per-event: $0.0004/tweet on paid Apify plans, $0.04/tweet on the free plan. Source: [Apify API](https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/apidojo~tweet-scraper). From [the social monitoring map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-apify). ### Is web scraping legal? Apify position updated Policy, Feb. 10, 2026. Apify says public data scraping is generally legal; caution for logins and personal data; notes Meta dropped its Bright Data case and X's claims were partly dismissed. Source: [Apify blog](https://blog.apify.com/is-web-scraping-legal/). From [the social monitoring map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-apify). ### LinkedIn Company Posts Scraper (No Cookies) Launch, July 8, 2025. Company page post feed at $0.002 per post. Source: [Apify API](https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/harvestapi~linkedin-company-posts). From [the social monitoring map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-apify). ### Linkedin Post Search Scraper (No Cookies) Launch, May 3, 2025. Keyword/filter LinkedIn post search with no cookies, $0.002 per post. Now 37,017 users. Source: [Apify API](https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/harvestapi~linkedin-post-search). From [the social monitoring map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-apify). ### LinkedIn Profile Posts Scraper (No Cookies) Launch, April 24, 2025. Actor created at $0.002 per post, no cookies required. Source: [Apify API](https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/harvestapi~linkedin-profile-posts). From [the social monitoring map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-apify). ### Posts Search Scraper for LinkedIn \| No Cookies Launch, April 17, 2025. Keyword LinkedIn post search without login at $0.005 per result. Source: [Apify API](https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/apimaestro~linkedin-posts-search-scraper-no-cookies). From [the social monitoring map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-apify). ### First release v0.1.1 of the Apify MCP server (apify/apify-mcp-server, formerly actors-mcp-server) Launch, Jan. 17, 2025. First tagged release of the MCP server exposing Actors as tools. Repo created 2025-01-02; 12,819 stars on 2026-10-23. Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/apify/apify-mcp-server/releases?page=18). From [the social monitoring map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-apify). ### Price per tweet $0.0003 Pricing change, March 13, 2024. Price raised from $0.0001 to $0.0003 per tweet ($0.30 per 1k). Source: [Apify API](https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/apidojo~tweet-scraper). From [the social monitoring map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-apify). ### Tweet Scraper V2 Launch, Nov. 24, 2023. Actor created on Apify; initial price $0.10 per 1,000 tweets (pay per dataset item). Source: [Apify API](https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/apidojo~tweet-scraper). From [the social monitoring map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/social-monitoring/#co-apify). ## Methodology and corrections How we track launches, and how to report an error: https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology